The Goose of Grillner Grove
The Goose of Grillner Grove By Jenn Martin “I was once like you, new to the village and not aware of the goose. I was trimming the lawn out front of my house with the door left open. It was a nice day, I figured it would be safe out here and I was only […]
Root RPG Preview
Root RPG Preview The cats crept through the woods, pulling their robes close. If anyone saw them, they could easily be mistaken for missionaries. The supplied they carried would help rebuild Clutcher’s Creek’s forge and reinforce the Marquis de Cat’s stronghold. A bush rustled and two of the cats went for their swords. The captain […]
Heart Preview
Charlie takes some time out of his incredibly busy schedule of writing comic books and running an abundance of RPG’s to take a look at hotly anticipated forthcoming Kickstarter from Grant Howitt a game of dungeon crawling mayhem Heart. By Rowan Rook & Decard. Game by Grant Howitt & Christopher Taylor, with Layout by Jay […]
Da Vinci Code
It’s been a while since I’ve played a bad licensed board game from a charity shop. I actually don’t have many left on my stack and hid them so that I would forget they existed. Unfortunately my blissful ignorance wasn’t to last and here I am, reviewing the Da Vinci Code board game. Unlike Robot […]
Harder they Fall
By Jay Iles – UFO Press Captain Cobb led his mercenaries to the top of the waterfall, looking out over the recently-abandoned farmhouses. They were strong, organised and their morale had been bolstered by the city-sized black dragon burning the armies of Greenleaf. A spear hit Cobb’s shield like a hammer-blow, knocking him over. As […]
Adventure Skeletons
By Grant Howitt & Chris Taylor You are a party of skeletons who are bored of their humdrum life guarding a wizard’s hideout, so you’ve decided to go out adventuring! You’ve looted some items from people who invaded your home and are going out to the ‘human dungeon’ (or village) to seek your fortune. The […]
Dungeon World: One of The Worst Things I Have Done to my Players in an RPG
I’ve been running role-playing games over a couple of decades now, through numerous editions of games and the group itself has undergone several Ship of Theseus style changes during this time. I have stories from my first year of role-playing and from this year, but sometimes one just sticks out to you. Sit back, relax, […]
Cthulhu Dark
By Graham Walmsley, Kathryn Jenkins, Helen Gould with additional content by Mo Holkar & Chris Spivey Call of Cthulhu was the first major Lovecraftian horror game. It’s now in its 7th edition and… there’s a lot of rules. It’s fine, but it’s not necessary. John Wick (game designer, not action movie hero) has often said […]
Blades in the Dark Part 2 – How to Heist
Blades in the Dark is a game about heists in a dark fantasy world. Last time we saw the creation of our crew, The Perishers. They’re a bunch of Shadows. Lee’s playing Spark, a ghost-whisperer Vinnie’s playing Plank, a mastermind (his name is Plan K, as that’s how much he plans) Jacob’s playing Vile, an inventor […]
Blades in the Dark Part 1 – Welcome to Duskvol
Blades in the Dark Introduction – Welcome to Duskvol Eight hundred years ago the heavens and the world broke. Now we live in near-perpetual night on fragments of old worlds, floating on a sea which looks like the night sky. Ghosts roam the world, kept out of cities by electrical fields. That doesn’t stop ghosts […]
